The Early Christian Understanding of Resurrection

While I am at it, a link is furnished below to another recycled article found over at the Slate website this past Easter weekend: “Born Again, Sort Of: How the First Christians Understood Jesus’ Resurrection.” Written by New Testament scholar, Larry Hurtado, this piece offers helpful background on the origins of the doctrine of resurrection and highlights the critical emphasis orthodox Christianity places on the physical body as central to the question of what it is to be human (as opposed to Gnosticism, both ancient and modern).